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Eva Barbara Novak was a film actress, popular during the silent film era. Novak began as a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty in 1917's Roped into Scandal, plus seven more films that year. She was in 17 films in 1918, and eight in 1919. In 1920, she starred opposite Tom Mix in The Daredevil, one of six films she had that year, and one of 10 films starring opposite Tom Mix. Novak was interested in doing her own stunts, having been taught by Mix. From 1921-28, she was in 48 films, including an early version of Boston Blackie, The Medicine Man (1930) Jack Benny, and in the 1922 film Chasing the Moon, which was an early forerunner of the 1950s film D.O.A. In 1921, she married stuntman William Reed, after meeting on location. They had two children, Vivian and Pamela. In the late 1920s, they moved to Australia, where she made numerous films, including The Romance of Runnibede. Her popularity faded with incoming talkies, though she would continue to act until 1965, mostly in obscure roles.
Jane Novak, born Johana Barbara Novak, was an actress in silent films. She and a friend ran away from a convent school and created a vaudeville act. She began acting in movies in 1913 after she was invited to Hollywood by her aunt, actress Anne Schafer. She met Frank Newburg, who was a leading actor and co-worker with Anne, and they married in 1915 but divorced in 1918. She played opposite Wallace Beery, Tom Mix, Hobart Bosworth, Alan Hale, Thomas Moore, and Lewis Stone. She made five movies with Western star William S Hart, and they were engaged but never married. By March 1922 she had her own company and earning $1,500 per week. Novak's last starring role was opposite Richard Dix in the Technicolor production Redskin (1929). Novak made only a handful of talkies, including World War II era The Yanks Are Coming featuring Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom. She also was in Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent in 1940. Novak's last appearance was in 1988 for the documentary, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius. In 1974, she published a cookbook, Treasury of Chicken Cooking, which is a collection of 300 of her own recipes.
Italian-American Jay Novello began acting on radio, sometimes using various accents. He played Lieutenant Sam Sabaaya on Rocky Jordan, Jamison the butler on Lone Wolf, Judge Glenn Hunter on One Man's Family, and Mr. Negley, the mailman on My Favorite Husband. On film, his roles included pompous or fussy professionals, and assorted ethnic characters. Credits include the Spanish consul in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, The Pride and the Passion, and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?. Novello's first TV role was on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show in 1951. He was on I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Bat Masterson, The Donna Reed Show, The Real McCoys, and six episodes of 77 Sunset Strip. On The Andy Griffith Show, he played a thief who gets the Key to the City. He was on McHale's Navy seven times as Mario Lugatto of Volta Fiore, Italy. On Perry Mason, he played a pompous coin collector. He was also on 12 O'Clock High, Combat!, and The Rat Patrol.